New Fathers and Mothers Study (NewFAMS)
NewFAMS is a multi-method study investigating the relations between parental wellbeing, parenting behaviour, and children’s self-regulation in the first two years of life. First-time expectant couples attending antenatal clinics, ultrasound scans, and parenting fairs in the East of England (United Kingdom), New York State (United States of America), and the Netherlands were initially recruited. A total of 422 families took part when their infants (214 boys and 208 girls) were 14 months old. Follow-ups with the families and children occurred at 4 months, 14 months, and 24 months post-baseline.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
422 (parent-child dyads)
484 (families)
Age at first data collection
21 - 56 years (parents)
4 months (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (parents)
2014 - 2015 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2014
Primary Institutions
Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden, LEI) (Academic, Netherlands)
New York University (NYU) (Academic, United States of America)
University of Birmingham (Academic, United Kingdom)
University of Cambridge (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
Wellcome Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
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